Tantalum caps can also catch fire and burn with a fury when they short out. I've seen them burn a large hole right through an FR-4 board.
Another little-known fact: Aluminum electrolytics can't be used at high altitudes, because the end seals leak and the caps fail. I do a lot of military avionics designs and can't use anything for bulk holdup capacitance except hideously expensive hermetically-sealed electrolyics, like the CDE MLSH series. Everything else has to be ceramic or film.
Another little-known fact: Aluminum electrolytics can't be used at high altitudes, because the end seals leak and the caps fail. I do a lot of military avionics designs and can't use anything for bulk holdup capacitance except hideously expensive hermetically-sealed electrolyics, like the CDE MLSH series. Everything else has to be ceramic or film.
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